Definition of sound

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Sound (superl.) heavy; laid on with force; as, a sound beating..

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Cribbing :: Cribbing (n.) A vicious habit of a horse; crib-biting. The horse lays hold of the crib or manger with his teeth and draws air into the stomach with a grunting sound.
Clangous :: Clangous (a.) Making a clang, or a ringing metallic sound..
Ichthyocolla :: Ichthyocolla (n.) Fish glue; isinglass; a glue prepared from the sounds of certain fishes.
Whisper :: Whisper (n.) To make a low, sibilant sound or noise..
Whur :: Whur (n.) A humming or whirring sound, like that of a body moving through the air with velocity; a whir..
Skirling :: Skirling (n.) A shrill cry or sound; a crying shrilly; a skirl.
Rhythm :: Rhythm (n.) In the widest sense, a dividing into short portions by a regular succession of motions, impulses, sounds, accents, etc., producing an agreeable effect, as in music poetry, the dance, or the like..
Swimmer :: Swimbel (n.) A moaning or sighing sound or noise; a sough.
Swough :: Swough (n.) A sound; a groan; a moan; a sough.
Tone :: Tone (n.) Sound, or the character of a sound, or a sound considered as of this or that character; as, a low, high, loud, grave, acute, sweet, or harsh tone..
Hautboy :: Hautboy (n.) A wind instrument, sounded through a reed, and similar in shape to the clarinet, but with a thinner tone. Now more commonly called oboe. See Illust. of Oboe..
Echo :: Echo (v. t.) To send back (a sound); to repeat in sound; to reverberate.
Rant :: Rant (n.) High-sounding language, without importance or dignity of thought; boisterous, empty declamation; bombast; as, the rant of fanatics..
Audience :: Audience (a.) The act of hearing; attention to sounds.
Monotone :: Monotone (n.) A single unvaried tone or sound.
Trigraph :: Trigraph (n.) Three letters united in pronunciation so as to have but one sound, or to form but one syllable, as -ieu in adieu; a triphthong..
Sounded :: Sounded (imp. & p. p.) of Soun.
Equisonance :: Equisonance (n.) An equal sounding; the consonance of the unison and its octaves.
Sonorous :: Sonorous (a.) Loud-sounding; giving a clear or loud sound; as, a sonorous voice..
Jingle :: "Jingle (n.) A correspondence of sound in rhymes, especially when the verse has little merit; hence, the verse itself..
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